川剧高腔音乐,源远流长,古称“徒歌”,即无伴奏清唱;由此相应产生另一辅助形式——帮腔。最初,川剧帮腔只代替丝竹管弦职能,为“徒歌”定调,转调,引导演员进入音乐境界。其作用等于皮黄,梆子的“前奏”和“过门”之类。以后,随着川剧逐渐发展,帮腔从单纯的音乐职能上升为兼备复杂的戏剧职能,与演员唱腔,锣鼓套打紧密结合,构成“帮、打、唱”艺术特征。解放前,帮腔由鼓师用小嗓领腔、锣鼓场面人员众声应和。建国后,在党的“推陈出新,百花齐放”方针指引下,川剧进行改革,废除鼓师 Sichuan opera high cavity music, goes back to ancient times, known as the “folk song”, that is, accompaniment philhecking; resulting in another form of support - to help cavity. Initially, the Sichuan opera gangs only to replace the function of bamboo and bamboo strings, “folk song” set tone, transfer, and guide the actors into the music realm. Its role is equal to the skin yellow, prickly heat “and” the door “and the like. Since then, with the gradual development of Sichuan Opera, the gang has risen from a purely musical function to a complicated drama function, and has been closely integrated with performers, percussion and drum sets to form artistic features of ”helping, playing and singing.“ Before the liberation, help by the drum teacher with a small vocal czar, gongs and drums scene should be heard. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, under the guideline of the Party’s ”innovation, flourishing" policy, the Sichuan Opera was reformed and the drummer abolished